Hind Rajab, Almost Six Years Old,
Gaza, Palestine: Dead.
(A Poem of Barbarism)
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Who pulled the trigger on Hind Rajab?
Who pulled the trigger on her wounded cousin,
Layan Hamadeh, just 15-year-old?
Who fired the bullets that killed uncle and aunt?
Who sent death to collect all three cousins in the fleeing car?
What did the news say when their bodies
rose up from the fire to condemn this wretched world?
Who drove the tank
and who pointed the weapons?
Who loaded the guns and who paid
for the ammunition, the American shells,
the moving and immovable parts?
And who sleeps safe in their bed
each night these small children are driven,
like beasts, to their slaughter?
And who, endlessly, lectures us on human rights
from an English parliament, an American university, a German
holocaust memorial?
And, finally, who are these madmen-and-women
screaming antisemite antisemite
every time i blow my nose?
So I ask again:
who pulled the trigger that killed Hind Rajab, almost
6 years old, from Tal al-Hawa district, in southern Gaza City,
January 29, 2024?
Hind Rajab, Almost Six Years Old...(Poem)
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Dear Hind Rajab, a chara mo chroí
your birthday is in May, i am told.
For a present if only i could wind
back the clocks and
slip so softly into this sleeping car
as night falls
and you ask: please come, quickly,
quickly “come take me. Please,
will you come?”
i could try hold you, falling
as we all fly away, together...
Monday, 29 January, 2024,
at about 5 p.m.
Hind Rajab's and Layan Hamadeh’s voice recorded
Hind Rajab was trapped in a car "with the bodies of her parents and siblings, one of whom was killed while on the phone pleading for help" from the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Also: The Palestine Red Crescent Society recording’s of a call from Hind Rajab reading Quran
Middle East Eye - 16 February, 2024
The body of six-year-old Hind Rajab is found by relatives
Middle East Eye - February 10, 2024
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